Washington (CNN)White
House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday cast aside the playbook
of cut-and-dry condemnations of national security leaks and instead
framed his response along political lines.
After expressing concern about Wikileaks' release of documents allegedly revealing CIA surveillance techniques, Spicer quickly muddled his message.
He
connected the latest WikiLeaks document dump to surveillance efforts
under the Obama administration, days after President Donald Trump's
leveled his unsubstantiated claim that President Barack Obama tapped the
GOP candidate's phones during the 2016 campaign.
And
then he took to arguing forcefully that there was a "double standard"
when it comes to the level of outrage elicited by different leaks.
Washington (CNN)White
House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday cast aside the playbook
of cut-and-dry condemnations of national security leaks and instead
framed his response along political lines.
After expressing concern about Wikileaks' release of documents allegedly revealing CIA surveillance techniques, Spicer quickly muddled his message.
He
connected the latest WikiLeaks document dump to surveillance efforts
under the Obama administration, days after President Donald Trump's
leveled his unsubstantiated claim that President Barack Obama tapped the
GOP candidate's phones during the 2016 campaign.
And
then he took to arguing forcefully that there was a "double standard"
when it comes to the level of outrage elicited by different leaks.
CNN
